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Position Title: Institution: Position Contact Name: Position Contact Email: Position Contact Phone: Job Post Website Address: Salary Range: Deadline or Close Date: Job Location - City, State: Position Description: Organizational Background The Ford Family Foundation is focused on ensuring that children from all backgrounds have the family, educational and community supports they need to succeed in life. We are committed to the rural communities of Oregon and Siskiyou County, California with investments in rural community building, grantmaking and scholarships. Vibrant, robust rural communities and economies depend on their ability to attract and sustain working families. Likewise, outcomes in life often depend on community systems that support lifelong health, educational success, and wellbeing. We know that rural is its own inequity and work to champion rural causes, people, and places. The Foundation was created in 1957 by the late Kenneth W. Ford, founder of Roseburg Forest Products Co., and Hallie E. Ford. Grants were made annually to charitable organizations in three core counties where the mills were located – Douglas and Coos counties in Oregon, and Siskiyou County, Calif. Currently, the Foundation employs 51 staff members. Purpose and Background The Postsecondary Success Department focuses on supporting high-need individuals across Oregon and Siskiyou County to better their lives, and the lives of their families through education beyond high school. A key component of this strategy is our scholarship programs which support students from diverse backgrounds (rural, non-traditional, underrepresented groups, etc.) with financial, academic, and social emotional support, resulting in a community of almost 7,000 individuals who have completed the program and who we seek to keep connected to each other and current Scholars. The Alumni Engagement Coordinator is supervised by the Student Success Counselor and is primarily responsible for the development and implementation of engagement strategies for the Scholar alumni community. The position develops and implements strategies based on internal and external research, such as coordinating opportunities for alumni to connect with current Scholars and each other, increasing the number of alumni actively participating in the online alumni community, maximizing the participation of volunteers in the Alumni Leadership Council (ALC) and associated committees, and supporting efforts to measure the social and economic mobility impacts of scholarship programs for alumni. The success and engagement of alumni is considered an indicator of the scholarship programs' effectiveness. The Alumni Engagement Coordinator will work with the Student Success Counselor, Student Engagement Coordinator and other members of the team supporting student success to implement a holistic approach to student well-being, including transition to alumni status. In addition to increasing alumni engagement in the areas identified, the position will also oversee the volunteer Alumni Leadership Council and associated committees, supporting the strategies of the Council and the recruitment and support of its membership. This position is a critical part of the team ensuring the Foundation’s programs support students’ smooth transition through college and beyond. The position also engages in other activities related to the selection and support of scholarship recipients as needed. This position is at the Foundation’s office in Eugene and is required to occasionally travel and work outside normal business hours, including evenings and weekends for committee meetings and events. This is an exempt position, and the annual salary is $75,000. Our excellent benefit package includes paid time off and holidays, health and dental insurance, health savings account, generous retirement plan, matching gifts program, access to an employee assistance program, professional development opportunities, rejuvenation leave and more. Performance and compensation are reviewed at least annually. Deadline to submit applications along with a thoughtful and engaging cover letter and resume is Thursday, July 25, 2024, 3:00 pm. Candidate Profile Ideal employees will embody and model Foundation-wide practices and principles in how they conduct themselves while representing the Foundation within and outside of the workplace. These practices include excellent listening skills, being profoundly inclusive and relationship driven. This position requires exceptional organizational and communication skills, attention to detail, teamwork and collaboration, ability to manage multiple priorities, comfort working in an adaptive and fast-paced work environment and the ability to be flexible and adjust quickly to new tasks and assignments while supporting multiple people and organizational areas. Employees will also demonstrate humility, kindness, and a sense of humor. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Coordination of Alumni Engagement Strategies (60%)
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to see, talk, and hear. This position is active, but requires periods of standing, sitting, keyboarding and occasional driving. The employee would rarely lift or move items over 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. While performing this job, the employee is exposed to a normal office-type environment with some exposure to the outside environment. This position is rarely exposed to dust, odors, water, fumes, and noise. Work is always performed in a safety-conscious manner. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals to perform essential functions.
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